1001 Police Voters in KT

Of Kuala Terengganu's 1,035 postal voters, 1,001 or 97% are police personnel. Of these, 864 are registered at 3 police locations within the Ladang state seat (N15). Other than police personnel, there are 27 army and 7 absentee postal voters residing abroad.

Background: Postal voters generally consist of (See earlier write-up for details) :

• army voters (locality codes ending in 400's),
• navy (500's),
• air force (600's),
• police (700's), and
• absentee voters (800's).

KT's postal voters are mostly police voters (1001/1035 or 97%), including those in police HQ (IPD), Federal Reserve Unit (FRU or PSP), and contingent police HQ (IPK). To understand the Malaysian police structure and abbreviations, see these Wikipedia articles in Malay and English:

• http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polis_Diraja_Malaysia
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Malaysian_Police

Table A shows that:

• There are 1,035 postal voters in this by-election roll, 9 fewer than for GE12.
• Most or 894 postal voters are in Ladang (N15).
• Postal voters make up 5.3% of all voters in the Ladang state seat.
• Overall, postal voters make up 1.3% of KT's 80,229 voters.
  

Table A: Count of Voters and Postal Voters

Count of Voters
Election event		12th GE	By-Election
Roll gazetted		20080205	20081205	Change
Code	NamaDUN
N13	Wakaf Mempelam	20,573	20,629	56
N14	Bandar	18,953	18,833	-120
N15	Ladang	16,777	16,780	3
N16	Batu Buruk	24,022	23,987	-35
P036	Kuala Terengganu	80,325	80,229	-96
Count of Postal Voters (Police, army, absentee)
Election event		12th GE	By-Election
Roll gazetted		20080205	20081205	Change
Code	NamaDUN
N13	Wakaf Mempelam	2	2	0
N14	Bandar	101	100	-1
N15	Ladang	901	894	-7
N16	Batu Buruk	40	39	-1
P036	Kuala Terengganu	1,044	1,035	-9
Percentage of Postal Voters / Total Voters
Election event		12th GE	By-Election
Roll gazetted		20080205	20081205
Code	NamaDUN
N13	Wakaf Mempelam	0.0%	0.0%
N14	Bandar	0.5%	0.5%
N15	Ladang	5.4%	5.3%
N16	Batu Buruk	0.2%	0.2%
P036	Kuala Terengganu	1.3%	1.3%

Table B shows that:

• KT contains 1,035 postal voters in this by-election roll gazetted on 2008 Dec 5, ie, 9 fewer than 2008 Feb 5.
• 1,001 of 1,035 are police postal voters (locality code ending in 700's).
• 27 are army voters.
  
• 7 of 1,035 are absentee voters living overseas.
• The Ladang DUN (N15) alone contains 864 police postal voters, or 5.1% of total KT voters, (891 and 5.3% if we include the 27 army postal voters also in Ladang).


• Three police localities within Ladang contain 845 police postal voters. They are:
  
• IPD (police HQ) of KT with 413 registered police postal voters,
• IPK (police contingent HQ) of KT, with 67 police postal voters,
• PSP of KT (FRU), with 365 police postal voters.

Table B: Breakdown and Comparison of Postal Voters in KT (P036)

Postal Voters in KT - Polis					GE12	By-Election
Kodlokaliti	NamaDUN	NamaDM	NamaLokaliti	NoRumah	20080205	20081205
0361303701	WAKAF MEMPELAM	LOSONG DATOK AMAR	POLIS	157 G	1	1
0361311701	WAKAF MEMPELAM	WAKAF MEMPELAM	POLIS	A-188	1	1
0361402701	BANDAR	CABANG TIGA	BALAI POLIS CABANG TIGA	17/3	2	2
0361403701	BANDAR	HILIRAN MASJID	POLIS	1083	1	1
0361405701	BANDAR	PULAU KAMBING	POLIS	A1/1/2	73	73
0361405708	BANDAR	PULAU KAMBING	POLIS MARIN BALIK BUKIT		10	10
0361406701	BANDAR	KAMPUNG CINA	POLIS	3	2	2
0361407701	BANDAR	PEJABAT BANDARAN	POLIS	35C-3	2	2
0361408701	BANDAR	PAYA BUNGA	POLIS	1116 A	8	7
0361409701	BANDAR	PANTAI TERENGGANU	POLIS	861	2	2
0361501701	LADANG	LADANG	POLIS	1077 B	4	4
0361502702	LADANG	MENGADANG AKAR	IPD KUALA TERENGGANU		418	413
0361502703	LADANG	MENGADANG AKAR	IPK KUALA TERENGGANU	PEJABAT E3	60	67
0361503701	LADANG	BATAS BARU	PSP KUALA TERENGGANU		371	365
0361504701	LADANG	GONG KAPAS	POLIS	1613	6	6
0361507701	LADANG	BUKIT BESAR	POLIS	1548-B	9	9
0361601701	BATU BURUK	PANTAI BATU BURUK	POLIS	1453A	6	6
0361602701	BATU BURUK	KAMPUNG NIBUNG	POLIS	171	8	8
0361606701	BATU BURUK	CENDERING PANTAI	BALAI POLIS CENDERING		20	20
0361607701	BATU BURUK	CENDERING	POLIS	1736	1	1
0361610701	BATU BURUK	KAMPUNG KOLAM	POLIS	1667A	2	1
Total					1,007	1,001
Postal Voters in KT - Army					GE12	By-Election
Kodlokaliti	NamaDUN	NamaDM	NamaLokaliti	NoRumah	20080205	20081205
0361502401	LADANG	MENGADANG AKAR	23 SKN RAJD (AW)	-	30	27
Total					30	27
Postal Voters in KT - Absentee Voters					GE12	By-Election
Kodlokaliti	NamaDUN	NamaDM	NamaLokaliti	NoRumah	20080205	20081205
0361405801	BANDAR	PULAU KAMBING	PEMILIH TAK HADIR	177	1	1
0361503801	LADANG	BATAS BARU	PEMILIH TAK HADIR	U. KINGDOM	1	1
0361504801	LADANG	GONG KAPAS	PEMILIH TAK HADIR		1	1
0361507801	LADANG	BUKIT BESAR	PEMILIH TAK HADIR	VIETNAM	1	1
0361602801	BATU BURUK	KAMPUNG NIBUNG	PEMILIH TAK HADIR	LONDON	1	1
0361611801	BATU BURUK	KENANGA	PEMILIH TAK HADIR	LONDON	2	2
Total					7	7
All postal voters					1,044	1,035

Map Locations

IPD: Map location for the IPD should be here:

• Wikimapia.org IPD Kuala Terengganu
• my.streetdb.com IPD Kuala Terengganu

IPK: The map location from Streetdb.com for the IPK seems to be outside of KT parliamentary seats, a few kms to the north, in N11 (Seberang Takir) under P035 (Kuala Nerus)?

• my.streetdb.com IPK Kuala Terengganu